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Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa will meet next week, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, as a surging yen adds to debate over central bank policy.
Stephen Pagliuca speaks Dutch. Alan Khazei boasts of seeing South Africa with President Clinton. And US Representative Michael E. Capuano has traveled the globe, albeit often on the taxpayer dime, meeting with presidents, prime ministers, and American troops.
An Excelsior man survived a cargo plane crash at Shanghai's main airport Saturday. The accident killed three American crew members.
Mr. Fudge makes sculptures that take his breath away — but may last only a day.
Trade Route Serving China for Two Millennia Remains Integral Part of Country
Obituary: Marquis D. Briggs died from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, at the age of 71 on Monday, only a week before his birthday.
No-feed days at public parking meters across the county are in effect Nov. 26-29 and Dec. 19-27 “to encourage local shopping during the holiday season,” according to a county statement.
What's a growth asset, an inflation hedge and a tax dodge rolled into one? A forest.
The country's future prosperity could well be fueled by the science that prompts Robert Magnusson to spend millions of dollars setting up his laboratory at the University of Texas at Arlington.
The 5A boys’ basketball landscape has some different faces, but the power remains in the same places as previous years. The three-time defending champs of the 5A Metro Conference, Doherty, lost some of its key players from a 23-4 season in 2008;...
An H-2 rocket placed a Japanese reconnaissance satellite into orbit on Saturday. The H-...
SEMINOLE For the talent portion of her first pageant 13 years ago, Mercia Tillman did what she loved best: singing.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra presented an upbeat program during the past two weeks, primarily focused upon Igor Stravinsky’s “Petrushka,” a Burlesque in four scenes produced in 1947....
The easiest way to make our three children groan has always been suggesting a visit to an art museum. So it was with some trepidation that on a recent family vacation to Japan, my wife and I decided to schedule a two-day visit to an island that's almost entirely devoted to contemporary art. The stopover would be a splurge, since the cost of rooms and meals on this arty isle is over-the-top even ...
Navy Veteran Bobby Mullinax, who spent many hours aboard the USS Makin Island during his service in World War II, recently visited California, where he attended the commissioning ceremony of the Navy’s newest ship, also named the USS Makin Island.
OCTOBER 19, 2009 -- Some online booking tools in the past two years have vastly expanded their global footprints as they add content, develop new language versions, adapt to local currencies, feed into travel management company online fulfillment operations and leverage consumer online behavior in emerging markets.
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